To accommodate the users, workloads, and document quantities of large departments and the enterprise, the best results can be obtained by scaling Meridian out to additional servers for more processing and storage capacity, which has the following notable advantages and disadvantages.
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Higher hardware cost |
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More complicated configuration |
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Better suited to centralized IT management |
Multiple points of administration require coordination |
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Required to obtain maximum performance for heavy loads |
More complicated security administration |
Each of the major components of a Meridian-based system can be hosted on its own server, thereby making the maximum processor power and physical memory available to the primary process, the EDM Server service. For example, the Meridian database server, web server, and content index server can each be deployed on separate server computers with their own inherent benefits.
Under this strategy, vault data can be distributed between metadata residing on a database server and documents stored on the Meridian application server, on a file server, or even stored on network attached storage (NAS) or storage area network (SAN) devices.
For configuration recommendations for specific system sizes under this strategy, see About the deployment models.
Related concepts
About Meridian deployment strategies
Understanding the single server strategy
Understanding the workgroup model